Monday, April 20, 2009
japan trip day 4
LAKE YAMANAKAEarly morning after breakfast...we took a breeze walk to lake yamanake..it is just opposite our hotel...morning view of the lake is great...been here the night before...view is also beautiful...no tall buildings or what...clear sky ahead...with plenty of stars and we even saw a red shooting star!
actually up till now i am still surprised..cos our itinery was supposed to go to lake kawaguchi...but instead we are here...hehe...nvr mind...here is not tt bad..less ppl...less popular...yet the air is more refreshed...
WASABI FARM
proceeded to wasabi farm...it was quite a letdown as it is raining quite heavily...and i did not bring any umbrella..it was in my luggage somewhere..but now with me...nvr get any good look at this farm also..was dying to get back to the coach...hate rainy weathers...and it was quite cold also lo...
then..it is a 2hour drive towards tokyo...between we had a toilet stop at a food mall...hehe...i nvr bought anything to eat surprisingly...only bought a drink..the toilets here are cool...even got a navigator sorta thing on top...
SHIN-YOKOHAMA
then arrived at shin-yokohama...visited the ramen museum there..
let the pictures speak the words...i am quite amazed by the 'old traditional' feel inside...hehe
ASAKUSA
lunch over here...the setting of the restaurant was fantastic..hehe...the meal is nice also...actually every meal i found it ok..just that the portions are simply too small lo...even with udon and rice together...i still dun seem to be full..dotx...then beside our lunch place is the 100yen shop...our fave hangout...inside can find all sorts of things at cheap pricing of 100yen...haha...
the famous lanterns...and got myself a lot...which is a bad one...dotx..i really have no luck with this??..or is my luck really that bad one??...anyway..tied my unlucky lot there already...
UENO
ueno is a big shopping area...actually..we still havent shop enough here...lots of shops..departmental stores...i really wanna come back here again lo..to visit the IOIO...and also the hard rock cafe..and some other trendy shops around here..
SHINJUKU
the most famous area in tokyo i supposed..ok...at least i always heard of this place before i visited here...shinjuku...it is a red light district...something like geylang in singapore..but here everything is more opened...lol...the obscene signs can be seen everywhere..can see man in suits pulling customers (or rather recruiting ppl)...everything is like in e open lo..but the neon lights is what i admired here...bright...colourful...with all this lightings...this place dun seem as scary as it is...actually..i supposed there are more shops to see other than those 'special ones' ba...but we are not given a chance to roam around here freely...sad...nvr mind..shall put this place into my itinery next time when i come tokyo again..haha
IKEBUKURO
stayed at sunshine city prince hotel..it was an ok hotel la...rooms a bit small..but ok la...tokyo ma..limited land area...but the room is so quiet at times that our ears is like ringing lo...and ppl walking talking outside can hear clearly also...lol..otherwise..the location not bad..shopping district also..
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